Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge 1 Jan 04, 2016 10:04 pm We became new home owners to a house in desperate need of a new paint job, there is almost a different colour/shade in every room! I had a painter come and give a quote today and he pretty much ruled out our initial choice of Whisper White instead suggesting Hog Bristle 1/2 strength. His reasoning behind this was increased number of coats, increased price and the colours might still affect it. Which makes sense and we want the colour on all our internal walls just to keep it consistent. I've been leaning towards greys or even browns but nothing with a blue undertone. Does anyone have any suggestions? Our house is quite dark in terms of light in most places so I don't want to make it feel like a cave. I am sort of leaning towards Dulux Pommier or Dulux Musing but I'm worried they might be too dark. We currently have Dulux Buffit in our rental which I like and if all else fails I'll probably just go with that. Here are some photos of our soon to be transformed house (that's the previous owners furniture): To top it all off it has to go with Dulux Zatar Leaf as this is what we are painting the wardrobe door in my son's room (had to compromise with a 4 year old, the space is too small to have the whole room that colour!). Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions. Re: Stuck on internal paint colours for our outdated house 2Jan 05, 2016 5:42 am Hi aussiemor, Will you be leaving the green carpet? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Stuck on internal paint colours for our outdated house 4Jan 05, 2016 8:49 am I've been really happy with Dulux Casper White. It is a lovely grey with no blue hint to it. I also really like Dulux Vanilla Quake 1/2. It is more of a beige but really lovely too. Both have depth to them without making the room feel small or closed in Re: Stuck on internal paint colours for our outdated house 5Jan 05, 2016 11:45 am Thanks Bjhf. I did try Casper white but only 1/4 & I couldn't tell it was grey at all (in fact the lexicon sample looked really grey...maybe they stuffed up the sample pots??). So maybe full strength is the way to go. Re: Stuck on internal paint colours for our outdated house 6Jan 05, 2016 6:59 pm It's strange, I tried it in 1/2 strength and it looked terrible - all creamy and not grey at all. But in full strength it was perfect We are building a second dwelling and are currently selecting window and door frames. We want to blend into the forest and also bring out the stone work and the fake wood… 0 15931 Thanks. Yeh ideally that would have been good, but have progressed too far now. Hoping some well placed internal walls fixed up into the battens will provide some… 2 5393 Thank you alexp79 and gommeqld for your advice, that's very helpful, thanks 3 7899 |